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Article 129 - Penal Sanctions

from Section I - General provisions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 August 2021

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Summary

In 1949, the system of repression contained in the Geneva Conventions(hereinafter referred to as ‘the grave breaches regime’) was a remarkableinnovation in the law regulating international armed conflict. Article 129is common to the four Conventions.

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Commentary on the Third Geneva Convention
Convention (III) relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War
 , pp. 1830 - 1874
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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